Product Assurance Manager
Portsmouth, Hampshire County, PO5, England, UK
Listed on 2026-10-19
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Full time, STEM returners are welcomed
SECURITY CLEARANCE:Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check)
TRAVEL REQUIRED:Minimal travel to Airbus sites and customer sites
LOCATION:Portsmouth - this role is mainly office and cleanroom based with only 1 day a week working from home
What's In It For You- Financial Reward:
Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, tax-free technology scheme, discounted shopping and much more - Work / Life Balance: 37 hour week, flexible working around core hours, hybrid working, up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL.
There are no core hours on Friday afternoons. Employees may use this flexibility at their discretion, provided they fulfil their contractual working hours and meet business needs (such as urgent deadlines or client requirements)
- Personal Development:
Personalised development plan and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities - Health & Wellbeing:
Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), Employee Assistance Programme, discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime pilates - Family and Caregiving:
Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave - Inclusive Environment:
Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)
The Role ....
We are looking for a Product Assurance Manager to join a small, collaborative, Assurance team who look after the Onesat programme. Onesat is the world's first software-defined satellite that can be fully reconfigured by different customers, including telecommunications, government and military customers.
How You Will Contribute To The Team...- Manage Non-Conformance Report and Non-Review Board (NCR/NRB) activity and coordinate customer engagement for major non-conformances
- Support the whole product lifecycle from Kick-Off, to Test Review Board / Delivery Review Board
- Coordinate and manage the Product Assurance Plan, Non Conformance Analysis and Consolidated Action Plan and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) key Business Deliverables such as Quality Plan Timing (when owner).
- Ensure the communication and implementation of the customers requirements (including safety and reliability) throughout the company’s operational processes (develop, fulfil, support and source).
- Collect, analyse, visualise and interpret the performance data, ideally with a focus on optimisation and automating the data reports
- Product Assurance experience from a Space, Aerospace, RF or Digital equipment background
- Self-motivation, autonomy and ability to work proactively
- Lean / Six Sigma / APQP knowledge
- Comfortable working within a fluid environment, with a lot of moving parts, happy to ask for support from the wider team
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How We Can Support YouMany of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we'll always do our best to accommodate your request.
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